Yakumo, Shimane

Yakumo (八雲村, Yakumo-mura) was a village located in Yatsuka District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 6,931 and a density of 123.77 persons per km². The total area was 56.00 km².

On March 31, 2005, Yakumo, along with the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji, Tamayu and Yatsuka (all from Yatsuka District), was merged into the expanded city of Matsue.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "島根県：市町村合併（トップ / 県政・統計 / 市町村情報 / 市町村情報 / 市町村合併）". Shima Prefectural Government. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ 住民基本台帳人口移動報告年報 [Annual Report on Population Movement in the Basic Resident Register] (in Japanese). 総務庁統計局. 2005. p. 146. Matsue-shi, Kashima-cho, Shimane-cho, Mihonoseki-cho, Yakumo-mura, Tamayu-cho, Shinji-cho and Yatsuka-cho were incorporated into a newly established Matsue-shi as of March 31, 2005.

External links

Village of Yakumo at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (in Japanese)
Saeki, Shizuka (佐伯静香) (June 2002). "Yakumo: A Play in Eight Clouds". Look Japan. Archived from the original on 2002-08-16. - Japanese version: 地方文化シリーズ：「八雲国際演劇祭」

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